Georgia's Attorney General's Office will appeal the court decision today that released the man convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17. The judge voided the original ten-year prison sentence, instead finding the man guilty of a misdemeanor.

A federal appeals court ruled that the Bush administration cannot legally use new anti-terrorism laws to keep U.S. residents locked up indefinitely without charging them. It’s a setback for one of the central tools the administration has used to combat terrorism.

Police have still not identified the person responsible for the Wisconsin shootings that left six dead and a two-year-old girl in serious condition. Investigators believe the mass killing was a result of a domestic dispute.

Paris Hilton continues to make news after returning to her jail cell last week. The heiress called Barbara Walters and said she would no longer (quote) "act dumb". Hilton now says she will serve her 45-day sentence and will not appeal it.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. appeal : VERB V against n, V n, V to n to-inf
If you appeal to someone in authority against a decision, you formally ask them to change it. In British English, you appeal against something. In American English, you appeal something.

2. void: VERB V n
To void something means to officially say that it is not valid. (FORMAL)

3. misdemeanor : N-COUNT
In the United States and other countries where the legal system distinguishes between very serious crimes and less serious ones, a misdemeanour is a less serious crime. (LEGAL)

4. indefinitely : ADV ADV with n
If a situation will continue indefinitely , it will continue for ever or until someone decides to change it or end it.

5. setback : N-COUNT oft N for/in/to n
A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made.

6. domestic : ADJ usu ADJ n
A domestic situation or atmosphere is one which involves a family and their home.

7. cell : N-COUNT
A cell is a small room in which a prisoner is locked. A cell is also a small room in which a monk or nun lives.

8. dumb : ADJ
If you say that something is dumb , you think that it is silly and annoying. (AM INFORMAL)

9. lock up : PHRASAL VERB V P n(not pron), also V n P
To lock someone up means to put them in prison or a secure psychiatric hospital.

10. charge : VERB V n, V n with n
When the police charge someone, they formally accuse them of having done something illegal.